Buzz Bishop: Daddy Buzz

Sep
13
2011

MummyBuzz has a post up this week about a 12yr old girl who posted sexy pics on Facebook and started gaining attention from men.  Her dad wants to sue the site.

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Sep
12
2011

How To Build A Better Baby Bib

What's Your Dragons Den Idea?

dragons den

Let's be honest, bibs don't work. Sure, they're good at slowing down the spills down the front of your kid's cute t-shirt, but at the end of every meal session you still have to change their pants.

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Sep
10
2011

Men Are Stereotyped Too

Retailer Advertising Tactics Don't Help

I'm not an overweight doofus sitting on a couch watching football. I don't constantly get lost, but if I do, I'm not afraid to ask for directions. I don't spend Sunday mornings working on my car, admiring the sheen on the tires.  I can change a diaper just fine on my own without a hazmat suit, and I have no problem asking other women in the pharmacy for help in making sure I'm picking up the right brand of tampon for my wife.

Watch a few hours of tv, however, and the opposite are the male stereotypes hammered into the collective consciousness.

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Sep
07
2011

Kids Change Everything

Especially How You Watch The News

My Family

Parents are once again on edge after a 3 yr old boy was found missing from his home in Sparwood, BC this week. The face of the man believed to be involved in the disappearance will give you nightmares.  The face of the little boy believed to be dragging three blankets and wearing Scooby Doo shorts will break your heart.

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Sep
05
2011

Your Kids Allergies Drive Me Nuts

Are we taking the allergy thing too far?

peanut butter

When we grew up it was an amazing day to crack open the lunch bag and see that mom had tucked an old fashioned PB&J inside.  It was a special treat from the usual turkey, tomato and sprouts.

Try that now and you’re lucky to be locked up by the food police and have your kid stuck in solitary confinement anytime food is brought in the room.

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Aug
18
2011

choochiphone.jpg Charlie is not quite 20 months old and he already has his own iPhone 3G.  Granted the internet is turned off and it’s not connected to a cell network, but for the past 4 months he has toddled around the house with the phone at his hip swiping between apps and having imaginary conversations with it.

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fun with kids food

My kids are picky eaters. Very picky. Just look at this video of Zacharie reacting to a lasagna noodle with sauce *gasp* touching his tongue.

When something in on his plate that he doesn't like, he distinctly informs us "I didn't order this."

Noodles must be plain. Period.

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Jul
01
2011

I Am Not My Father

A Realization During a Wonderful Father/Son Moment

Jun
27
2011

WiFi + Schools = Parents Gone Wild

Irrational Conspiracy Theories Taking Root in Ontario

wifi

WiFi is being installed in Peterborough schools this Fall and the chicken little's of the world are letting school boards have it.  It's a case of "here we go again."

Parents erupted in shouts of anger over and over again during a meeting held Monday to explain the public board's plan to install wireless internet in schools.

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Jun
22
2011

Not That Kind Of Sleepover!

Would You Let Your Teen Have a Sleep Over for Sex?

twilight kiss

Teens have sex.  It's true. We don't want to visualize it, we don't want to imagine it, but it happens.

I was 17 my first time. My fun was had outside my parent's home, however one time my mom and dad came home early from church and saw my girlfriend's car in the driveway.  They quietly came upstairs and opened my bedroom door.

You don't want to know what they saw.

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Jun
20
2011

Are You Being the Best Parent?

5 Minutes to a Better Life

If you've never seen a TED Talk before, now is the time to get the site, the app, the videos into your daily routine. TED Talks are smart and inspirational stories that will feed your brain.

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Jun
17
2011

11 Cool Things About Newborns

What Father's Day Means To me

zacharie. 1 day old

I cried when both of my sons were born.  That crippling, hunched over almost fall to your knees cry of relief.  It wasn't happiness or sadness, it was just an exhale of emotion that had been bottled up and contained through 9-months of worry that burst out of me like a volcano finally releasing to the pressure from inside.  

The waiting was over.

Except it wasn't over, it was just beginning. 

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Jun
13
2011

Breast Summer Ever

Are Breast Augmentations Scandalous?

This week the radio station I do mornings on, 90.3 AMP Radio in Calgary, launched a new contest called "Breast Summer Ever."  The premise is simple: enter to win a $10,000 breast augmentation.

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Jun
09
2011

I don't know why someone asked Russell Crowe for parenting advice, but the question launched a tweetstorm over the weekend for Crowe that had him deleting tweets and apologizing.

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